# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/talivaldis-kenins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:39:24.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/talivaldis-kenins"
name: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
slug: "talivaldis-kenins"
description: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš was a Latvian-Canadian composer and teacher. He was forced to emigrate from Latvia when it fell under Soviet occupation after World War II, moving to Canada in 1951. He is credited by Canadian musicologist Paul Rapoport with having introduced many European idioms to Canadian art music. CBC Music described him as a \"pioneering Canadian composer\" and The Canadian Encyclopedia described him as \"one of Canada's most frequently commissioned composers.\""
tagline: "Canadian composer born in Latvia (1919–2008)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1919-04-22"
deathDate: "2008-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.05
  momentum:             12
  historical:           9.870986666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2098474/"
    handle:    "nm2098474"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4LSWPsGMyAZmZv2sm3lT1U"
    handle:    "4LSWPsGMyAZmZv2sm3lT1U"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3949928"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "تاليڤالديس كينينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81livaldis_%C4%B6eni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Tālivaldis Ķeniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Кениньш, Таливалдис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88"
    title: "Талівалдіс Кеніньш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/acde53df-16e7-407a-9630-5d879c891619"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1393079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump